What will Hatton's legacy be?

[leggy]

BUT.. this next fight is a key fight... if he loses he will be forgotten pretty quickly, and if he wins its all down to what he does from there.
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i dont think he will be forgot in a hurry especially not in england

[Kev]

I guess it depends whose history you are talking about.

Outside of the UK he won't have a great deal of longterm historical signficance but within the UK he will be remembered as one of the best, and most popular British boxers of alltime.

As to his place in a mythical all time ranking, it's irrelevent.

I've never heard anyone rate any British fighters in such a way with the exception of Lewis and maybe in the future Calzaghe.

Our most fondly remembered fighters are the likes of Benn, Eubank, Bruno, Henry Cooper etc, and when mentioned in the British media their all time ranking in their respective divisions is never brought up, debated or even mentioned.

We just remember them for being great fighters, being involved in great fights, and creating some of the best British boxing memories.

Being a great and popular former fighter is more about that warm nostalgic feeling and fond rememberence than alltime p4p ratings.

Only those fighters close the the top 10 or so of all time get their records heavily analysed and scrutinied and their objective worth quantified.

For the rest we just remember them and thank them for them memories they gave us, which perhaps is the way it should be.